Meteorus rubens

Meteorus rubens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Meteorus
Species:
M. rubens
Binomial name
Meteorus rubens
(Nees, 1811)
Synonyms[1]

Meteorus leviventris (Wesmael, 1835)

Meteorus rubens is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae which attacks significant crop pests including the black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon.[2][3] The wasps have been shown to be easily collected through the use of traps baited with mustard oils.[4] They have been shown to carry Rioviridae RNA viruses, one of only a few parasitoids to carry them.[5]

References

  1. ^ Stigenberg, Julia; Ronquist, Fredrik (2011). "Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity". Zootaxa. 3084: 1–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  2. ^ Quicke, Donald (22 December 2014). The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps: Biology, Systematics. Wiley and Sons. ISBN 9781118907054.
  3. ^ Renault, Sylvaine (2012). "RNA Viruses in Parasitoid Wasps". Parasitoid Viruses Symbionts and Pathogens.
  4. ^ Pivnick, Kenneth (September 1993). "Response of Meteorus leviventris, (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to mustard oils in field trapping experiments". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 19 (9): 2075–2079. Bibcode:1993JCEco..19.2075P. doi:10.1007/bf00983809. PMID 24249381. S2CID 19244165.
  5. ^ Beckage, Nancy (2011). Parasitoid Viruses: Symbionts and Pathogens. p. 194.


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